Ridley Scott has been making classic movies for half a century, and while he’s been nominated four times for an Oscar, he’s yet to win one in his career. That unlucky streak could change with his next movie, a book-to-screen adaptation of the novel The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, coming out later this year. We’re still way too far away from the 99th Academy Awards to make predictions, but from the sound of it, this genre project might be a serious contender.
There is one big reason that I think Scott's new movie, which admittedly we don't know a ton about, could get him at least to the ceremony with a shot to win. Plus, it's not like having Frankenstein's Jacob Elordi in the starring role is going to hurt a single bit.
